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Gender: Male
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Age: 25
Sign: Libra

City: North Hollywood
State: California
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La Tua Cant.. (2)
Sunday, April 29, 2007 

Current mood:  bouncy
Me! Mr. B.A. in English have an English question that I never seemed to be taughted:

What is the difference between then and than. Don't link me anywhere...You explain it!

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La Tua Cantante

 
<P>EXAMPLES:</P><P>1. I am taller than you. </P><P>2. First came the chicken then the egg.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</P><P>EXPLANATIONS:</P><P>1. Than is used for a comparison.</P><P>2. Then is used when you are talking about something that came either now or right after.</P>
 
Posted by La Tua Cantante on Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 22:21
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La Tua Cantante

 

Whoops, how did that happen?

EXAMPLES:


1. I am taller than you.


2. First came the chicken then the egg.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


EXPLANATIONS:


1. Than is used for a comparison.


2. Then is used when you are talking about something that came either now or right after.


 
Posted by La Tua Cantante on Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 22:26
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LIFE IN OLEG

 

Hmm..Okay, I'll keep it in mind.


 
Posted by LIFE IN OLEG on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 02:50
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Nimbvs

 
<P>Yes, I saw you had trouble with that...  THEN illustrates a <STRONG>temporal sequence</STRONG>; it's technically an adverb, but is most often used as a conjunction, like, NEXT, &c.</P><P>THAN, like our friend says, is also conjunctive (a conjunctive particle! I haven't said that since 11th grade!), denoting  a <STRONG>comparison</STRONG> between two adjectives (usually also comparative) (or a pronoun in some cases), as in, <EM>larger</EM> THAN <EM>most</EM>, or, <EM>larger</EM> THAN <EM>me</EM>.</P>
 
Posted by Nimbvs on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 17:40
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